A wanted member of the overseas opposition group “Hong Kong Parliament” has been arrested in Thailand for overstaying her visa, and is reportedly set to be deported to mainland China. The opposition group said on Friday that Zhang Xinyan, who took part in what it called a parliamentary election and was sworn in as a…
A Hong Kong man has been jailed for two months for sharing a social media post urging residents to shun last year’s Legislative Council election. Security guard Wong Wah-kwong, 63, pleaded guilty at West Kowloon Court on Wednesday to inciting others to boycott the December poll – the second under a Beijing-imposed “patriots-only” election overhaul…
A 16-year-old boy has been sentenced to three and a half years in prison by a Hong Kong court for joining a Taiwan-based political group that promoted the city’s independence, in breach of the national security law. The boy, who earlier pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit secession, was found on Monday to be an…
The Hong Kong government has exercised its power under the city’s domestic national security law for the first time to ban two organisations deemed subversive. Secretary for Security Chris Tang Ping-keung on Tuesday prohibited the operation of the Canada-based “Hong Kong Parliament” and the Taiwan-based “Hong Kong Democratic Independence Union” in the city. The ordinance…
Hong Kong national security police have arrested a 19-year-old woman for committing an act with seditious intent after she allegedly filmed a series of promotional videos for a group deemed subversive by authorities. Authorities said on Tuesday that Lan Fei was involved in producing promotional videos for an organisation called “Hong Kong Parliament” between March…
National security police have summoned the father of an activist wanted for his involvement in “Hong Kong Parliament”, a group deemed subversive, to “assist in an investigation”, the Post has learned. A source said that police asked Alan Keung Ka-wai’s father to go to Tin Shui Wai Police Station on Wednesday morning to help with…
Hong Kong has strongly opposed and disapproved of “untrue and biased” remarks by the G7 regarding the city’s latest round of bounties and arrest warrants on overseas activists. A government spokesman said on Saturday that those “absconders hiding outside Hong Kong are wanted and subject to arrest warrants issued by the court, not because they…
Hong Kong has strongly opposed and disapproved of “false and biased” remarks by the G7 regarding the city’s latest round of bounties and arrest warrants on overseas activists. A government spokesman said on Saturday that those “fugitives hiding abroad are wanted and have arrest warrants issued by the courts, not because they ‘exercise freedom of…
Hong Kong authorities have introduced new punitive measures targeting 16 overseas activists wanted for alleged national security offences, prohibiting anyone from funding them and cancelling most of the absconders’ passports. Secretary for Security Chris Tang Ping-keung exercised the powers under the Safeguarding National Security Ordinance on Monday to impose new measures against 16 absconders involved…